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shortcut for nudging a clip all the way over to adjacent clip?
This is something I need do all the time and there must be an easy way but I can’t find a shortcut. Now that I am using a laptop more and more, i need more shortcuts!
Okay, so sayI have two clips in my timeline with some space between them. I select one clip and nudge (comma key) it over to bump up against the other one. If I hold down shift, it moves faster. But what if I want it to just jump right over next to the other one without holding shift for ten seconds? Or click-and-dragging? I can’t ‘close gap’ because often there is another underlying audio track.
I hope this question is clear, thank you for sharing your knowledge
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You can still close the gap if you lock the underlying audio tracks. Would that work for you?
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Select the empty space and hit delete?
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Thank you, I am trying to do this with minimal clicks so I don’t want to have to contstantly lock the underlying audio track, which I am often moving around. It would be less trouble to just turn on snap, click, and drag. I am trying to do this in ONE shot! Again thanks.
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Thanks, this is what I do all the time and I am trying to find a shortcut instead of having to drag/snap. Sounds like there isn’t one.
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Hi Thanks, That doesn’t work if there’s an audio track underneath.
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[Dia Felix] “Hi Thanks, That doesn’t work if there’s an audio track underneath.”
Buy FCPx and use the magnetic timeline? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I kid, I kid.
Shift f5 locks all audio tracks, select gap, delete, shift f5 to unlock.
Or use close gap (control-g) after shift f5
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Thanks, I’ll probably end up doing this. I do a lot of weird stuff involving double arrow left/deselect audio track/drag, your way is faster….again thanks
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I have no idea what your timeline looks like, but you do know that you can rewire keyboard commands to lock certain tracks, right? Hit option-j and then type lock in to the search bubble and assign away. That way you can easily lock the music tracks (or whatever) in place if need be.
Jeremy
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